Valuing wildlife: a review of methods |
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| Authors: | K G Willis Lesley A R Mitchell J F Benson |
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| Institution: | Senior Lecturer, Research Associate and Lecturer in the Department of Town and Country Planning , University of Newcastle upon Tyne , |
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| Abstract: | The paper analyses the costs and benefits of conserving wildlife and reports part of a wider research project which aims to estimate the benefits of certain ecological types and habitats, and to compare the outcome of different techniques used to value wildlife. The authors outline a range of philosophical, technical and methodological problems in deriving cardinal measures of costs and benefits. |
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| Keywords: | Agriculture Costs Ecology Environmental protection Evaluation Resource conservation Rural issues Wildlife conservation |
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